Monsters in Meetings – How to Manage Unproductive Behavior

It happens easily. You're conducting a meeting and suddenly a small side meeting starts. Then someone introduces an unrelated issue. Someone else ridicules the new issue. Everyone laughs, except the person who mentioned the idea. Then someone insults the person who told the joke. Two people stand up and walk out. Others complain that the meeting is a waste of time.

Monsters in Meetings – Personal Attacks

Personal attacks hurt people, mar communication, and end creativity. If they become part of a meeting's culture, they drive the participants into making safe and perhaps useless contributions.

Kentucky Derby Superfecta: Show Me the Money

The first weekend in May is always a big deal in Kentucky and has been for over a century. This Derby was a big deal for one man who misplaced his ticket. Boy was it a big deal and Chris Hertzog had a problem.